2023-06-23 17:37:25
A Yemeni human rights network accuses the Houthis of recruiting African refugee children
The Houthi group mobilized thousands of its members to the fronts of the Yemeni governorate of Taiz, in an effort likely to escalate on the ground, while a Yemeni human rights network accused the group of recruiting African refugee children and sectarianizing them to fight with it.
The Yemeni Network for Rights and Freedoms said in a statement, on Friday, that the Houthi militia has recruited a number of African children in its summer centers, which take advantage of the martyrs’ mosque in Bab al-Yemen as a center to recruit them, “brainwash them and convince them that their leaders are the protectors of the nation, and they must fight with them, taking advantage of the tragic situation.” that they live in,” according to the statement.
With the influx of tens of thousands of African refugees, especially Ethiopians, into Yemeni regions every year, the human rights network said, “The recruitment of African children reveals the scale of crimes committed by the Houthi militias once morest childhood, which recently affected refugee children amid the silence of the United Nations and its specialized organizations.”
The Yemeni Network for Rights and Freedoms accused the Houthi group of launching campaigns of raids on neighborhoods in which Africans live, intimidating and threatening children’s families because they object to recruiting their children into its ranks. She confirmed that families of Somali and Ethiopian nationalities were subjected to intimidation and extortion by the militias, to force them to recruit their children to fight with them.
Tens of thousands of African migrants arrive in Yemen annually (Twitter)
The human rights network recalled the horrific holocaust committed by the Houthis in Sana’a in March 2021, which is still stuck in the world’s minds once morest dozens of Africans following the militias detained them, with the aim of recruiting them to the fronts before burning them alive and deliberately burying them without any investigation.
The network confirmed that the Houthi militia committed a series of crimes once morest African immigrants, violating human and childhood rights guaranteed by international laws.
The human rights statement called on the international community, the United Nations and international humanitarian organizations to intervene and save children from perishing in the battles of the Houthi militia, in which they have no camel or camel, return them to their families and care for them, condemn their criminal actions once morest migrants and children, take deterrent measures and put real pressure on the militia leaders. To force it to stop its violations once morest humanity.
Human rights reports indicated the extent of Houthi violations once morest refugees, including the establishment of detention centers in Saada, Sana’a and Ibb in order to use them for the purposes of recruitment, sectarianism, espionage and smuggling.
African immigrants in a Yemeni region (Twitter)
The Houthis’ human rights accusations of recruiting refugee children came in parallel with the mobilization of thousands of the group’s members and militants from Dhamar and Sana’a to Taiz Governorate (southwest), where it is likely to seek escalation on the ground.
Commenting on this step, the Yemeni Minister of Information, Muammar Al-Eryani, described in a statement that the Houthi terrorist militia affiliated with Iran pushed hundreds of its fighters from Dhamar Governorate to the fronts of the besieged Taiz Governorate, as “a poor and miserable show-off, aimed at luring more fighters and children into its ranks, And raising the morale of its elements, and revealing its true position on calls for calm and peace.
Al-Eryani added that the Houthi group “practices this public escalation and provocative behavior in full view of the world, disregarding the efforts and calls for calm made by brotherly and friendly countries, and without any regard for the difficult economic, humanitarian and living conditions that Yemenis live in as a result of the ongoing war for 9 years.”
The Yemeni minister described Taiz as “she had the word, the position, and the first shot in the heart of the coup,” and said that she “was able, consciously, steadfastly, and valiantly, of her sons to confront any escalation, and return the deceived members of the militia in coffins, and triumph for the blood, sacrifices, and torments of its inhabitants who suffered greatly as a result of the brutal siege.” It was supposed to be 8 years ago, ”according to his expression.
Al-Eryani called on the international community, the United Nations, and the UN and US envoys, to leave what he described as the “square of shameful silence” and to declare a clear position on this escalation, and to take practical steps to force the Houthi militia to submit to calm and peace efforts, to stop its provocative practices, and to lift the siege immediately and unconditionally. About the millions of civilians trapped in Taiz.
In his latest statements, the head of the Yemeni Governing Council, Rashad Al-Alimi, called on the international community to leave the circle of words to the circle of actions with regard to working to end the crisis in his country and pressure the Houthis to establish peace.
He said, “The time has come to transfer these international positions from the context of statements to the circle of action and collective action to push the Houthi militia, backed by the Iranian regime, towards serious engagement with efforts to end the war that they ignited, leaving massive destruction, and one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world.”
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